Parkville vs Platte City

A side-by-side comparison of Parkville and Platte City: population, income, housing, and more.

Parkville and Platte City are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parkville has the higher population (8,022 vs 4,793 in Platte City). Parkville has the higher median household income ($170,794 vs $65,132 in Platte City). Parkville has the higher median home value ($557,100 vs $195,000 in Platte City).

Population, income & housing

	Parkville	Platte City
Population	8,022	4,793
Median age	38.8 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$170,794	$65,132
Median home value	$557,100	$195,000
Median gross rent	$1,078	$1,173
Housing units	3,079	2,200
Homeownership rate	80.5%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.4%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkville	Platte City
Population	6,724 → 8,022 (+19.3%)	4,901 → 4,793 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$136,389 → $170,794 (+25.2%)	$53,352 → $65,132 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$411,600 → $557,100 (+35.3%)	$170,600 → $195,000 (+14.3%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $1,078 (+51.0%)	$934 → $1,173 (+25.6%)

Parkville

Population

6,7248,022

Median household income

$136,389$170,794

Median home value

$411,600$557,100

Median gross rent

$714$1,078

Platte City

Population

4,9014,793

Median household income

$53,352$65,132

Median home value

$170,600$195,000

Median gross rent

$934$1,173

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parkville	Platte City
Under 5	6.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	19.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	6.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	16.5%	17.2%
45 to 54	17.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.8%
75 and over	3.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkville	Platte City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.9%
Asian	2.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkville	Platte City
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	7.1%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.1%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkville	Platte City
Drove alone	78.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	4.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkville	Platte City
1-unit, detached	74.2%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	19.5%
20 or more units	3.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Parkville	Platte City
Poverty rate	1.9%	6.9%
Average household size	2.79	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	2001	1982